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Stealth of Nations

The Global Rise of the Informal Economy

By:
Robert Neuwirth

Narrated by:
Kevin Foley

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
14

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
13

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
13

Thousands of Africans head to China each year to buy cell phones, auto parts, and other products that they will import to their home countries through a clandestine global back channel.Hundreds of Paraguayan merchants smuggle computers, electronics, and clothing across the border to Brazil. Scores of laid-off San Franciscans, working without any licenses, use Twitter to sell home-cooked foods. Dozens of major multinationals sell products through unregistered kiosks and street vendors around the world.